A true description of three voyages by the north-east towards Cathay and China undertaken by the Dutch in the years 1594, 1595 and 1596 / by Gerrit de Veer ; published at Amsterdam in the year 1598, and in 1609 translated into English by Willia

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Veer, Gerrit de, author.

Contributor:

Beke, Charles T.

Phillip, William.

Hakluyt Society.

Series:

Works issued by the Hakluyt Society.

Works issued by the Hakluyt Society

Standardized Title:

Waarachtige beschrijving .... English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Barentsz, Willem, approximately 1550-1597--Early works to 1800.

Barentsz, Willem.

Northeast Passage--Early works to 1800.

Northeast Passage.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (483 p.)

Other Title:

True and perfect description of three voyages, so strange and woonderfull, that the like hath neuer been heard of before

Place of Publication:

Farnham, England : Ashgate, 2010.

London : Routledge, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

With an appendix of documents printed by Hakluyt and Purchas. Revised in First Series 54. The plates are taken from the German edition of De Bry, 1599, and are copies of the original Amsterdam edition. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1853.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Introduction""; ""CORRIGENDA ET ADDENDA""; ""The True and perfect Description of three Voyages""; ""To the right worshipfull, Sir Thomas Smith Knight""; ""THE FYRST PART OF THE NAVIGATION INTO THE NORTH SEAS""; ""A BRIEFE DECLARATION OF A SECOND NAVIGATION MADE IN ANNO 1595""; ""THE THIRD VOYAGE NORTH-WARD TO THE KINGDOMES OF CATHAIA AND CATHAIA AND CHINA, IN ANNO 1596""; ""APPENDIX""; ""I. A LETTER FROM JOHN BALAK TO GERARD MERCATOR""; ""II. AN ACCOUNT OF HENRY HUDSON'S VISIT TO NOVAYA ZEMLYA""; ""III. WRITINGS OF WILLIAM BARENTS, PRESERVED BY PURCHAS""; ""INDEX""; ""A""; ""B""

""C""""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""; ""Plate 1""; ""Plate 2""; ""Plate 3""; ""Plate 4""; ""Plate 5""; ""Plate 6""; ""Plate 7""; ""Plate 8""; ""Plate 9""; ""Plate 10""; ""Plate 11""; ""Plate 12""; ""Plate 13""; ""Plate 14""; ""Plate 15""; ""Plate 16""

Notes:

First published by Ashgate Pub.

Reprint. Originally published: London, 1853.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-317-18627-3

1-317-18628-1

1-315-56535-8

1-282-81943-7

9786612819438

1-4094-1518-X

9781315565354

OCLC:

929147265